Jarod Roselló
Associate Professor
CONTACT
Office: CPR 313
Phone: 813-974-1313
Email
BIO
Jarod Roselló is a Cuban American writer and cartoonist from Miami, Florida. He is
the author and artist of the award-winning middle graphic novel series, Red Panda & Moon Bear (Top Shelf/IDW Publishing), and the chapter book graphic novel series, Super Magic Boy (Random House Graphic). He is also the writer of the forthcoming Takoro: The Last Dorok (Skybound/Image Comics), an illustrated novel and art book.
His books have been named to the New York Public Library and Chicago Public Library
best books of the year lists, and the Texas Library Association's Little Maverick
Reading List. He was the recipient of the 2019 Nerdy Award for Graphic Novels and
the 2022 Washing Library Association OTTER Award for children's literature.
Jarod's short comics and fiction have been published in PEN America, Hayden's Ferry Review, Sonora Review, Hobart, The Rumpus, The Collagist, and Barrelhouse. His arts-based and educational research has been published in Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Bank Street Occasional Papers, and International Review of Qualitative Research.
Jarod holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction, both
from The Pennsylvania State University.
CREATIVE PRACTICE & RESEARCH AREAS
Graphic novels, children's literature, Latinx/e literatures, animation, childhood studies, imagination, creativity, critical theory, arts-based research, ethnography, educational research, literacy studies, teacher education.